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Letting Go and Starting Over: The Beauty of Life’s Detours
Addressing the importance of shedding societal expectations and outdated roles, JEN HATMAKER discusses the freedom found in rediscovering authenticity and self-compassion after major life upheavals.
Rise Up: Turning Adversity into Opportunity
JEN HATMAKER shares her story of overcoming personal and professional challenges to inspire audiences to find strength in adversity. This talk offers tools for reframing obstacles as opportunities for growth and transformation.
Finding Your People: Building Deep and Lasting Connections
In this heartfelt talk, JEN HATMAKER explores the art of creating meaningful relationships in a world that often feels disconnected. Whether addressing friendship, community, or professional networks, she shares actionable strategies for fostering genuine, lasting connections.
Better Together: Building High-Trust Teams
With her signature humor and heart, JEN HATMAKER teaches corporate teams how to cultivate a culture of connection, vulnerability, and excellence. This talk delivers practical tools for fostering trust, collaboration, and purpose within organizations, empowering teams to perform at their best.
The Power of Resilience: Thriving Through Change
JEN HATMAKER inspires corporate audiences to embrace transformation with courage and authenticity. She shares actionable insights on navigating upheavals in work and life while fostering resilience, adaptability, and growth. Ideal for leadership events, team retreats, and corporate summits, this talk equips professionals to thrive amidst change.
The Grace Effect: Leading with Love in a Divided World
JEN HATMAKER's message of grace and empathy offers a blueprint for navigating conflict and division with love. Perfect for faith-based organizations, this talk inspires audiences to embody compassion and unity in their everyday lives.
Author Talk: 'Awake'
In this raw, unflinching, and ultimately empowering keynote, New York Times bestselling author and beloved podcast host JEN HATMAKER takes audiences on a deeply personal journey through the unraveling of her 26-year marriage and the unexpected rebirth that followed. Drawing from her memoir Awake, Jen shares the 2:30 a.m. moment that shattered the life she knew, and the courageous, messy, and often surprisingly funny path to rebuilding a new one.
With trademark humor, honesty, and heart, Jen unpacks the realities of midlife upheaval: the grief of losing identity, the collapse of long-held beliefs, and the painful liberation of no longer fitting the mold. Through vivid stories of heartbreak, healing, and self-discovery, she examines the cultural, religious, and gender-based narratives that have shaped generations of women and calls for a reimagining of what it means to live fully, honestly, and awake.
More than a memoir, Jen’s talk is a rallying cry for anyone facing personal reinvention. It's a message of hope, agency, and radical self-trust—a powerful reminder that even from the wreckage, a more beautiful, truthful life can rise.
Perfect for audiences navigating change, personal reinvention, or seeking authenticity and empowerment, this keynote invites listeners to shed old scripts and embrace the bold, beautiful second act.
Jen Hatmaker's Awake is a guide to awakening, reinvention, and the power of freeing yourself from external expectations
In her most personal and powerful talk yet, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and beloved podcast host JEN HATMAKER shares the story behind her latest memoir, Awake, a raw and honest account of the night her 26-year marriage ended and the unexpected journey that followed. With her signature blend of humor, vulnerability, and wisdom, Jen invites audiences into the heart of her Midlife Renaissance: a season marked by heartbreak, healing, and the radical decision to live fully awake.
This story is a bold examination of the narratives so many women are handed: about marriage, identity, faith, and worth. Jen’s message is a lifeline for anyone navigating seismic change, grief, or reinvention. Her voice is candid, courageous, and deeply relatable.
Whether she’s speaking to women’s groups, corporate teams, or faith-based communities, Jen inspires audiences to embrace authenticity, reclaim agency, and step into the next chapter with open eyes and an open heart.
Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom & Jen Hatmaker team up with Oprah for a live-streaming event to help dismantle diet culture and promote body acceptance
Oprah Winfrey hosted “Making the Shift: A New Way to Think About Weight” featuring guest speakers DR. TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM and JEN HATMAKER. Writer, sociologist, and MacArthur ‘Genius’ fellow Dr. Cottom went on stream to share the accessible, inclusive perspectives present in her book Thick, a finalist for the National Book Award, and social commentary podcast Hear to Slay with Roxanne Gay. As New York Times bestselling inspirational author and host of For the Love podcast, Hatmaker shared the initiatives her tightly-knit online community has pursued to combat diet culture. Powerhouses in inclusivity, Dr. Cottom and Hatmaker joined Oprah in advancing conversations about body acceptance within health culture.
Jen Hatmaker hosts storytelling cruise to celebrate her 50th birthday
New York Times bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, and community creator JEN HATMAKER has invited her audience to her 50th birthday, where she will be hosting an Avalon cruise as resident Storyteller. The program, Cheers to 50 Years! A Storyteller Cruise & Birthday Celebration, consists of an eight-day itinerary of intimate lectures and meet-and-greets alongside a birthday celebration for Hatmaker. Aboard the ship, Hatmaker’s guidance leads guests on a tour not only of Europe but also inward to discover themselves.
Jen Hatmaker inspires audiences worldwide to love themselves
New York Times bestselling author JEN HATMAKER hosts the award-winning For the Love podcast, inspiring millions each week with her authenticity. Her approachable nature embodies Big Sister, Best Friend, and Wise Mentor energy as both a humorist and galvanizing leader, and audiences always leave changed and inspired to be their best selves. Her message of inclusion, inner strength, and the power of community rings true for audiences of all kinds. In a Huffington Post article about women adopting influencer self-care routines, a contributor named Hannah said, “[Hatmaker] provided a really helpful perspective.” Hatmaker helps audiences from all walks of life find kindness for themselves, leading to a healthier, happier, and more productive life.
Jen Hatmaker’s podcast ‘For the Love’ inspires authenticity
New York Times Bestselling author JEN HATMAKER’s podcast For the Love inspires audiences to show up genuinely for their own lives, a world-changing initiative. She believes women living in freedom are the answer to all that ails society. In her vulnerable conversations, Hatmaker showcases that we need not fear the truth, hard questions, spiritual curiosity, or challenging unjust systems. For the love of all that is good, right, wrong, hard, fun, perplexing, wondrous and thought-provoking, Hatmaker welcomes eye-opening conversations with some of the best people on Earth.
Jen Hatmaker is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen books including For the Love and her latest project, Feed These People: Slam Dunk Recipes for Your Crew. She is the delighted curator of the Jen Hatmaker Book Club and host of the award-winning For the Love podcast, and she leads a tightly knit online community where she reaches millions of people each week. Jen is a co-founder of Legacy Collective, a giving organization that grants millions of dollars towards sustainable projects around the world. She is a mom to five kids and lives happily just outside Austin, Texas. To learn more, visit www.jenhatmaker.com.
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